Abstract

Extending the well-known characteristic property of solid ellipsoids as convex bodies with hyperplanar shadow-boundaries, we describe all n-dimensional closed convex sets in Rn whose shadow-boundaries satisfy certain conditions of hyperplanarity.

Author information

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Valeriu Soltan

Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030, U.S.A.

vsoltan@gmu.edu

Keywords

  • Convex
  • body
  • ellipsoid
  • hypersurface
  • sharp shadow-boundary
  • solid
  • quadric

Mathematics Subject Classification

52A20

Suggested citation

V. Soltan. “Convex Solids with Hyperplanar Shadow-Boundaries.” Journal of Convex Analysis 19 (2012), No. 3, 591–607.

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